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‖ proquæstor Rom. Antiq.|prəʊˈkwiːstə(r)| [Late L. prōquæstor (Gloss. Cyril., Gl. Philox.) for earlier prō quæstōre (one acting) on behalf of a quæstor.] One acting in place of or on behalf of a quæstor; an officer who was associated with a proconsul in the administration of a province after having fulfilled the quæstorship at Rome.
1706Phillips, Pro-Quæstor, a Deputy or Vice-Treasurer. 1727Lardner Wks. (1838) I. 88 Lucius Antonius son of Mark, proquæstor and proprætor, to the magistrates, senate, and people of Sardis, greeting. 1832Gell Pompeiana II. xiii. 21 Of sufficient importance to have had a proquæstor. |